A lesson from the Rotary Club for XMTS

**Captain Karrot** · 11th March 09, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Alaskan Kilted Guy

So is it best to tell the truth or not? Should we be nice all the time? Will a true friend accept the truth?

Goes back to that old question from your wife/girlfriend - "Do these jeans make my butt look fat?" Do we answer truthfully, "No, it's your butt that makes your butt look fat", or do we take the high road and just so "No, not at all".

This may come across as a smart alec response, but it is not. Get's to the root of AKG's question - is it always best to tell the truth?

**Ayin McFye** · 11th March 09, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Captain Karrot

Goes back to that old question from your wife/girlfriend - "Do these jeans make my butt look fat?" Do we answer truthfully, "No, it's your butt that makes your butt look fat", or do we take the high road and just so "No, not at all".

This may come across as a smart alec response, but it is not. Get's to the root of AKG's question - is it always best to tell the truth?

By saying "No not at all" you aren't technically lying. The jeans "don't" make her look fat.

The question was do the jeans make her look fat. And they don't. Something else might be contributing to how she looks, but it's not the jeans. So by saying "no not at all" you still told the truth.